The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-25
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Queen Kapiolani, wife of the King Of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, will remain in Wash
ington four days.
MISS N. b. Cummings, now librarian of
the Department of Justice, at Washington,
is regarded as one Of the best authorities on
law books in the United States.
Last Sunday the pulpit of the Metropoli-
tan Methodist church in Washington was &C.
cupled by Rev. DIR. Burchard of political
fame.
Governor Hill has before him bill await
ing his signature which makes every Satur-
day in the year from twelve o'clock noon
to midnight, a legal half-holiday in the State
of New York.
A long despatch has been sent direct from
the city of Mexico to st. Louisa distance of
1858 miles. This despatch was long ac-
count OF bull fight, aud was sent to st.
Louis paper.
Miss Addie Hutchinson, M. D., physi-
clan with lucrative practice in Minneapolis.
Mimi, is visiting friends in Fall River.
where she was once factory girl. Her am
bltion to secure a medical education was re-
allzed only by dint of severe economy and the
help OF kind hearted Fall River ladies'
Gen. Albert Ordway, the new militia brig
adler general for the District of Columbia. is
native Of Boston and when the war broke
out he left his studies at Harvard, and en-
listed April 49, 1861. After the war he set
tied in Richmond and has been Democratic
Congressional candidate there but was not
elected. For the past 10 years he has lived in
Washington.
Evidences are daily accommodating of the
disastrous effects of the interstate bill upon
the theatrical profession. Annie Pixley.
Denman Thompson, Louis James, Dixey,
McCaull and others are canceling their Wes-
tern engagements, right and left They state
That with the best possible business, heavy
losses stare them in the face ii they are COM
PEELED 10 pay present railway fares.
In 1884 the Brooklyn Union left the Re-
publican party and went over to Cleveland
and Hendricks Tie Brooklyn Standard was
started to take its place. The Union dropped
its Clevelandism some time ago and has been
trying TO establish itself as q Republican pa
per- The Standard has now bought con-
trolling interest in its predecessor and will
absorb it,
The railroad that beats the average drum
mer is obliged to do some very smart things.
Since the new regulation regarding excess
Of baggage went into effect, the travellers
who have over $50 pounds of baggage buy
several tickets to the point where they wish
to go. They get the baggage checked on
these tickets and then sell them at reduc-
ton making money out of the transaction.
This is being practiced very extensively Just
now and works well. There is no way to
stop it.
Mrs. Michael Davitt who is an American,
and who was married during her husbands
recent tour in America, received a royal well
come on her arrival in Ireland. The Irish
people presented her with n charming villa
nine miles outside of Dublin, called Eden
Hill Cottage. In her reply on the occasion
of the presentation Mrs. Davitt proposed
that the name be changed to that of Land
League Cottage, which was greeted by a ire
mendous response of "Aye, aye" She made
a most effective address, contrasting the
freedom enjoyed by her countrymen, the
Americans, with the tyranny that prevails
in Ireland.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster of Iowa is announced
to be in falling health, the result OF over
work. For more than a dozen vacationless
years she has been one of the most conspicu-
GUS and successful leaders in the temper
ance cause and her eloquent voice has been
heard and her organizing hand felt in almost
every State and Territory. She has also
been the legal counsel of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union of the Nation.
These labors she has taken upon herself for
love OF the cause, in addition to her extend
ca law practice and her home and family
duties. AS a consequence her splendid
health has been impaired, and her doctors
now order her to go abroad for the summer
and refrain entirely from work of all kinds.
Without making any public appeal purse
has been made up by her temperance friends
to defray. the expenses of her trip, and she
will sail for England next month